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SOUTHEASTERN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 76TH ANNUAL MEETING NOVEMBER 6-9, 2019 BULLETIN 62 JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI Cover Illustration: Line drawings prepared by Calvin Brown for his 1926 publication Archeology of Mississippi. SOUTHEASTERN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE BULLETIN 62 2019 Proceedings of the 76th Annual Meeting November 6-9, 2019 Jackson Marriott Convention Center Hotel Jackson, Mississippi Edited by: Tony Boudreaux, Jay Johnson, Maureen Meyers, and Stephen Harris Organized by: Jay Johnson, Maureen Meyers, Tony Boudreaux, Stephen Harris, Meg Cook, and Emily Clark i © Southeastern Archaeological Conference 2019 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Map of Jackson .......................................................................................................iv Jackson Marriott Floor Plan ...................................................................................v Preface and Acknowledgements .........................................................................vi List of Donors ........................................................................................................vii SEAC Annual Meeting Code of Conduct for 2019..............................................1 SEAC SAFE Officer Program..................................................................................3 SEAC at a Glance .................................................................................................... 4 General Information ............................................................................................... 5 Special Events Schedule...........................................................................................6 Program .................................................................................................................... 8 Wednesday, November 6 ............................................................................. 8 Thursday, November 7 ................................................................................ 8 Friday, November 8 .................................................................................... 14 Saturday, November 9 ................................................................................ 21 Student Paper Competition Entries .................................................................... 29 Abstracts of Symposia .......................................................................................... 30 Abstracts of Papers and Posters .......................................................................... 35 iii iv Map of downtown Jackson showing the walking route from the Marriott to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Museum of Mis- sissippi History. Jackson Marriot Convention Center Hotel 200 E. Amite Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39201 601-969-5100 v PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are pleased to welcome SEAC back to Jackson, Mississippi’s largest city. Jackson was established in 1821 on Choctaw land that had been ceded in 1820 as part of the Treaty of Doak’s Stand. Jackson’s location was chosen for the construction of a centrally located capitol for the newly founded state of Mississippi which was rapidly growing through the acquisition of Chickasaw and Choctaw lands. During the nearly three decades since SEAC was last here in 1991 (actually in this hotel), both Jackson and SEAC have grown. Like many southern cities, downtown Jackson is in the midst of a revival. Most notably, downtown is now home to the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, described by the New York Times as a world-class museum “that privileges truth-telling messy facts over clean-cut aesthetics.” The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) will host our Thursday night reception in the atrium shared by these two museums. Although there will be food, drink, music, and lots of old friends to talk to, we hope you’ll take the opportunity to experience these remarkable museums. If you can’t see the entirety of both museums Thursday night, and there’s no way you can, MDAH will provide conference registrants free admis- sion during SEAC if you show your conference name tag. Also, there is a discount coupon in your bag for the museum’s gift shop. SEAC has grown considerably since 1991. Then, 113 papers (no posters) were presented in three concurrent sessions organized into nine symposia and eight general sessions. Now, by contrast, we will host 218 papers in five concurrent sessions organized into seventeen symposia and nine general sessions. In addition, there will be 90 posters in eight general sessions and one symposium, six workshops, and a session for archaeological films. Our book rooms will include tables for multiple presses, services, institutions, vendors, native artists, graduate programs from multiple universities, and the always impressive SEAC Student Paper prize. A signif- icant change since 1991 is that our annual meeting is more diverse. We have a substantial number of Native American participants this year, continuing a trend begun in Tulsa, and they will be participating in workshops and sessions devoted to the challenges and opportunities that we face in dealing with their past. Another important change that shows SEAC’s growth since 1991 is the Task Force on Sexual Harassment and Assault, which began as a conversation at the Athens meeting just three years ago, has drafted a 2019 Meetings Code of Conduct and is sponsoring two workshops at this year’s meeting. Importantly, this is the inaugural year of the SEAC Safe Officer program where seven trained volunteers from the SEAC membership will be available throughout the entire meeting to help people deal with incidences of harassment that might occur. Look for these Safe Officers in their distinctive red tee shirts. There was a time not too long ago when we were considering the possibility of hosting one of the first annual meetings with a budget that ended up in the red. Then, the remarkable number of individuals and institutions listed on the following page came through. We thank them all for their generosity. We also want to thank: Katie Blount and Cindy Gardner of MDAH for providing the space in the museums at no charge for the Thursday night reception; Meg Cook (MDAH), local arrangements chair, who organized the Thursday night reception; Stephen Harris for formatting the program; the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program for sponsoring the Student Luncheon; the Jackson Chamber of Commerce for providing tags, bags, and regis- tration staff; Cups Coffee for providing a discount coffee coupon; MDAH and Patty Miller-Beech for supply- ing Mississippi Mound Tour pamphlets; Stephen Wright and the crew at the Marriott for helping us make it all happen; Sam Brookes and Scott Barretta for leading the Saturday afternoon Mound and Blues tours, respec- tively; Robbie Ethridge for making the arrangements for The Pool to play at the Friday night dance; and Chad Caswell for continuing to improve the SEAC smart phone app. We also want to thank the many student volun- teers from the following universities: Mississippi, Mississippi State, Southern Mississippi, Georgia Southern, Middle Tennessee State, Memphis, Tennessee-Chattanooga, Tennessee-Knoxville, and West Florida. Finally, we want to welcome each of you to Jackson and to Mississippi. All of you are welcome, and we are glad that all of you are here. Jay Johnson, Tony Boudreaux, and Maureen Meyers vi A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR DONORS1 INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS Linda Carnes-McNaughton Charles Cobb Bob Gross Kandi Hollenbach Hunter Johnson Rochelle Marrinan Amber Vanderwarker Gregory Waselkov Nancy White Greg Wilson INSTITUTIONAL DONATIONS Archaeological Consultants, Inc. Bland & Associates, Inc. Capital City Beverages Center for Archaeological Research, University of Mississippi Chandeleur Island Brewing Comapny City of Jackson Chamber of Commerce Coastal Environments, Inc. College of Liberal Arts- University of Mississippi Department of Health Promotion and Wellness, Mississippi State University Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Mississippi Fresh Cut Catering vii A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR DONORS1 INSTITUTIONAL DONATIONS- CONTINUED Graduate School, University of Mississippi Mississippi Department of Archives and History New South Associates Office of the Provost, University of Mississippi Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, University of Mississippi Savannah River Archaeological Research Program Southern Beverage Comapany Southern Research Historic Preservation Consultants Tennessee Valley Archaeological Research TRC Companies, Inc. 1Donations as of October 21, 2019 viii 76th Annual Meeting, Jackson, Mississippi SEAC Annual Meeting Code of Conduct for 2019 This code of conduct applies to all participants at annual meetings of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC), including presenters, vendors, exhibitors, and other attendees. SEAC considers sexual harassment and assault to be forms of professional and scientific misconduct that are antagonistic to the practice of archaeology and the lives and careers of archaeologists, archaeology students, and prospective archaeologists. Sexual harassment and assault are also illegal according to U.S. federal law. Sexual harassment includes “unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature,” as well as “offensive remarks about a person’s sex” that are considered to be illegal in cases when such commentary is “so frequent or severe that it creates a hostile